I noticed John's site while on the hometheaterforum and John had stated that he likes popcorn.
Well, I'm a big home theater nut and have a popcorn machine in my theater and I love popcorn. Currently I use coconut oil and flavocal salt, but can't find any nutritional info anywhere.
Can somebody help me out? Is coconut oil really bad for you?

popcorn is fine, just dont add anything to it!
i think you can get low-fat and low sodium (which just means they didnt add anything to it!)
im not sure on the GI though

I checked up on Coconut oil. Yes, it's pretty awful for you. In one tablespoon of the stuff, you're getting over 11g of SATURATED fat (13g of total fat). You should swap in Extra Virgin Olive Oil for the Coconut oil as it is rich in essential fatty acids and low (especially by comparison) in saturated fat.

I don't know what falvocal salt is, but most salt substitutes are largely potassium based and have no significant caloric information. Along those lines, you have no worries (but I am hardly an expert on salt substitutes; sodium, however, does retain water and cause dehyradtion, which is obviously bad).

I like popcorn too, got me one of those air poppers a while ago was only about 10 bucks and cuts out basicly all the oil. Less messy to cook too!

I noticed John's site while on the hometheaterforum and John had stated that he likes popcorn.
Well, I'm a big home theater nut and have a popcorn machine in my theater and I love popcorn. Currently I use coconut oil and flavocal salt, but can't find any nutritional info anywhere.
Can somebody help me out? Is coconut oil really bad for you?:nod:

There has been a lot of controversy recently with regards to coconut oil. Some argue that coconut oil has a number of "health" and "weight loss" benefits. I firmly believe that, at least as far as weight loss is concerned, coconut oil is one of the worst things you can put into your body.

Here's the raw data:

1 Tbsp contains:

116 calories
14g fat
12g sat fat
0 carbs
0 protein

I feel your pain, nothing makes popcorn taste better than coconut oil. It was hard to give up, but I had to do it.

I tried air-popping and I'd rather not have popcorn at all than to suffer through another bowl of air-popped.

Now I just eat popcorn once in a great while as a treat. I use 3 Tbsp of Orville Redenbacher's "Buttery Flavor Popcorn Oil", which is Soybean oil (2g sat. fat) and some flavorings. Quite good, actually. I pop it in a Whirly Pop (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004SU35/ref=ase_thecapedcod-20/104-5545344-4407919?v=glance&s=kitchen), which I think is the next best thing to a real machine like yours. The Flavocal is probably high in sodium, but other than that I doubt it's anything to worry about.

hey John,

I have tried the whirrly pop, it found the that you had to get it just right to make it work.

then i found my stircrazy Westbend stircrazy (http://www.westbend.com/westbend/catalog.cfm?dest=dir&linkon=section&linkid=6)

it brainless, makes great popcorn everytime, and uses less oil than the whirrly pop.

Just thought you might like to know.

Am I correct in assuming that microwave popcorn is out?

Am I correct in assuming that microwave popcorn is out?
:confused: :nod:

stupid quesiton coming up... what's air popped popcorn? (explain the process)

popcorn pops when the air inside expands which is done by heating. Most popcorn uses oils for the exchange of heat since it gives a nice flavor and doesnt make the popcorn mushy. Air poped usually uses an air poping machine which just heats the popcorn with a stream of hot air.

Air poped is usualy the machines with a taller spout on them since the air wont pick up a kernel but it will a poped piece so it lifts it and deposits it in a bowl.

Hope that made things clear.

How is movie popcorm popped? (Sorry I never really noticed how it actually works)

Why is micro popcorn out? Is it less "healthy" than other kinds of popcorn? I use to buy the "low fat" ones, and I feel less guilty by eating that than other stuff I could end up eating when I have a craving... I've also heard that there is trans fat in micro popcorn, but in my popcorn it doesn't say what kind of fat, and it contains half (10 grams/100 gram popcorn, ugh..) of the amount of fat than regular micro popcorn. How much fat is it in US low fat micro popcorn and what brand is it? (Most used brand.) I might get some shipped over if less than here, and if no health reason why micro popcorn is no longer "in"........

Why is micro popcorn out? Is it less "healthy" than other kinds of popcorn?

depends on what kind you get. Orville has a "Smart Pop" brand that has about 250 cals, ~56 carbs but 12g of fiber. The partially hydrogenated oil isn't the best thing in the world for you (see Udo Erasmus) but as far as calories & fat, it's not bad.

Popcorn also has a low GI load, so I find it hard to believe that a fat-free (or close) micro popcorn that is around 250 cals for a whole bag would be a bad snack.

I don't know if people have noticed, but there are popped and unpopped nutrition facts on microwave popcorn. The micro pop-corn I get has 40cal per bag after you pop it.

just in case you want to eat some unpopped kernels I guess... :confused:

yummy, not.

Two Step, what brand is that? My low fat micro popcorn contains 387 calories in one bag..... Does yours taste just like regular popcorn? (without the buttery taste, of course)